277249 - Allow bookmarks and bookmark folders to be hidden

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, enhancement)

Description

[Eric Jain]

This would be useful for bookmarks that are accessed only through bookmark
keywords. For example, I have set up a bookmark to
'http://www.google.com/search?q=%s' with the keyword '?'. There is no point in
having this bookmark appear in the bookmarks menu or in the bookmarks toolbar.

I believe this feature is also supported by Internet Explorer.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Eric Jain]

Anyone?

Comment 3

[Micah Bucy]

still a bug

Comment 4

[Micah Bucy]

figured out a way using userChrome to hide bookmark folders and menus.  the method is menu[label="folder name here"] {display: none !important;} for folders and menuitem[label="bookmark name here"] {display: none !important;} for individual bookmarks

this works on Firefox Build ID: 2006011112 untested anywhere else

this can work as a workaround until/if it is built in

if using the extension Stylish to apply, Firefox must be restarted as if editing the userChrome or a crash is likely if the mouse hovers over the hidden objects

Comment 5

[Micah Bucy]

for one edit to userchrome only, put this...

menu[label="hidden"] {display: none !important;}
menuitem[label="hidden"] {display: none !important;}

then name all bookmarks and folders desired to be hidden to "hidden" without the quotes.

Comment 6

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

sorry for bugspam, long-overdue mass reassign of ancient QA contact bugs, filter on "beltznerLovesGoats" to get rid of this mass change

Comment 7

[mmortal03]

Might this feature also allow the folders that are by default hidden to be unhidden (not undeletable, they would still have that, but just unhideable)?  For instance, the Unsorted Bookmarks folder.  That would have everything come full circle.

Comment 8

[Marco Bonardo [:mak] (away Aug 5-12, Aug 19-21)]

unfiled bookmarks are basically hidden and already cover comment 0 request (have a bookmark that doesn't appear in menu nor toolbar).
There is no plan to create hidden bookmarks.